# Do the existing rules prohibit people from debating the gender of people who identify as transgender?

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#### Post date: [December 7, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-existing-rules-prohibit-people-from-debating-the-gender-of-people-who-identify-as-transgender/927272/217 "2020-12-07T15:29:45Z")

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> [@squeegee](#):
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> I for one would appreciate links to such threads. I was around 15 years ago but missed them and would like to know more.

If someone else has posted links yet, I missed them.

This thread of Una’s is the main one I remember:

> [@Ask the Transsexual Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-transsexual-woman/677416):
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> Hi there. I searched and did not really find an “ask the” thread similar to this, except for an old thread by a transman. So I thought I would go ahead and start one, since I received many PMs over the year asking me to do such. I will note a few caveats. First, I’m not going to answer every question. Although I’m fully transitioned and “out and proud,” there are some things which are none of anyone’s business. Second, the message board staff warned me that I would probably be opening myself…

but in searching I also found this older thread:

> [@Ask the Transgendered Person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-transgendered-person/61905):
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> I am basically doing this for the same reason Esprix did his ask the Gay Guy threads. The only real diffrence is I don’t think people know enough about being transgendered to form too many misconceptions.slight_smile I will start off with a quote from someone else.

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